EXCHANGE GIFTS.
My Inquirer column today is about the first contact in 1521 between Magellan and Pinoys. What he gave as gifts were mere trinkets! Ano tayo cheap?
It also gives a list of items Legazpi requested from Mexico as goods for trade with the natives and the Chinese. It seems the trade was unequal by our standards today, but not in the 16th century.

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Published on December 13, 2023 03:03